Innovative and Sustainable Pedagogies for Digital Green Case Study-based Teaching 4 VET

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the opportunities to provide VET students in logistics and transport with practical training in the workplace are highly limited if not inexistent. Therefore, it is n...

Therefore, the key objective of the Sustain4VET project is to develop an inventory of living green case studies and innovative pedagogies for collaborative online living case study-based teaching. In addition, VET teachers will be trained in the use of innovative pedagogies for online case study-based teaching, and be able to test the designed case studies and innovative pedagogies in practice. This project even aims to start activities with national bodies for systemic integration of developed pedagogies into the educational framework of French, Slovene, Croatian and + VET in transport and logistics.

The 2nd and 3rd project activities aim to provide at least three innovative pedagogies in online living green case study-based teaching, including a pedagogical guide for the implementation of the pedagogies. In the 4th activity of the project, the event will be organised to train VET teachers in the use of innovative pedagogies and living green case study-based teaching. In the 5th activity, VET teachers will test online case study-based teaching and learning with their students ('learning by doing'). The project will produce six intellectual outcomes (IO): - IO1: Set of logistics and transport green living case studies for collaborative online case study-based teaching and learning in VET in logistics and transport. - IO2: Pedagogical guide for VET teachers in logistics and transport and trainers in logistics and transport for the development and design of living case studies appropriate for online teaching and learning. - IO3: Set of innovative pedagogies for online living green case study-based teaching and learning in VET in logistics and transport. - IO4: Pedagogical guide for online living case study-based teaching and learning for VET in logistics and transport. - IO5: Online training in innovative pedagogies for online living case study-based teaching and learning for VET teachers in transport and logistics. - IO6: Testing innovative pedagogies by VET teachers in transport and logistics.

IMPACT on VET teachers in logistics and transport & trainers & higher education teachers: - encouraging the collaboration between VET teachers and representatives of the logistics and transport industry, - to obtain the capacity to reflect on, document, and effectively communicate the case study, - to evaluate the applicability and relevance of the developed living case studies to their teaching contexts, and - to design and develop a reliable and fact-based living case study, relevant to the logistics and transport industry, - increasing the knowledge and skills in new pedagogies suitable for living case study-based teaching and learning in the online environment, - increasing the knowledge and skills in new pedagogies suitable for living case study-based collaborative learning, - critical examination of the strengths, weaknesses and requirements of innovative technologies used in online teaching and learning, - helping VET teachers (trainers and higher education teachers) to obtain the capacity to reflect on, document, and critically evaluate innovative pedagogies for their teaching practice, - increasing the knowledge and skills in implementing new pedagogies suitable for collaborative teaching and learning in VET, - increasing the knowledge and skills in implementing new pedagogies collaborative online teaching and learning, - increasing the knowledge and skills in available technologies and tools that support these pedagogies (e.g., Zoom, Moodle, CourseWork – Canvas, Panopto, Mediathread), - increasing the knowledge and skills in different types of pedagogies, such as problem-based learning, discussion, debate, intimate debate, public hearing, trial, jigsaw, and role-play, - continuing the development of teacher cognition in new pedagogies, - having hands-on experience with teaching and learning in a collaborative online environment, - developing skills in modelling online case study discussions, - developing skills in strategies for engaging students in case study-based learning, - getting acquainted with the challenges and problems of online case study-based and learning, - increased awareness of the difference between traditional (class-based teaching) and online case-based teaching, - increased awareness of the difference between different engagement strategies, - making connections between new concepts and existing theoretical knowledge, - the increased ability of application of the theoretical concepts in practice, - developing digital skills, - developing intercultural skills, - providing opportunities for life-long professional development and teacher cognition, - developing problem-solving skills, - developing decision-making skills in complex situations, - developing skills in quantitative and/or qualitative analytical tools, - developing intercultural skills, - developing soft skills, - developing English language skills.